External dependencies upgrade - Spring Boot 4.0.3 and Spring Cloud 2025.1.0

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Updates external dependencies to align with Spring Boot version 4.0.3 from 4.0.2 and Spring Cloud version 2025.1.0 from 2025.1.0.

Release notes

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⭐ New Features

• Add TWENTY_SIX to JavaVersion enum #49193

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Jackson properties may not be applied correctly to RestClients #49223
• ClassNotFoundException when using Actuator without spring-boot-health #49196
• Using the OTel and Zipkin starters together creates invalid configuration #49183
• Whitespace can be incorrectly removed when spring-boot-configuration-processor runs on multi-line javadoc #49060
• Jackson2HttpMessageConvertersConfiguration uses ConditionOn Jackson3 XMLMapper class #49015
• server.jetty.threads.max is ignored when using virtual threads #48989
• Slice test includes fail to load when using spring-boot-starter-test-classic #48981
• Docker credential helpers with file extensions cannot be executed on Windows #48979
• Java version requirement check for native image is confusing if AOT didn't run #48963
• TestPropertyValues.Pair.fromMapEntry(Entry<String, String>) does not comply with its nullability contract #48948

📔 Documentation

• Couchbase and Kafka are incorrectly listed as supporting SSL with Docker Compose #49212
• Document that use of non idiomatic format for '@Value' still apply for environment variables #49109
• Document naming convention for custom test-scoped starters #49017
• Delay removal of Jackson 2 support until 4.3 at the earliest #49010
• LICENSE.txt and NOTICE.txt files have the wrong content in the latest releases #49003
• ApplicationContextAssert documents a non-existent assertion in getFailure() #48977
• Highlight the importance of the preStop hook when configuring Kubernetes probes #48946

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to AssertJ 3.27.7 #49095
• Upgrade to Elasticsearch Client 9.2.5 #49184
• Upgrade to Groovy 5.0.4 #49097
• Upgrade to Hibernate 7.2.3.Final #49098
• Upgrade to Hibernate 7.2.4.Final #49167
• Upgrade to Jaybird 6.0.4 #49099
• Upgrade to JBoss Logging 3.6.2.Final #49100
• Upgrade to Jersey 4.0.2 #49101
• Upgrade to Jetty 12.1.6 #49102
• Upgrade to jOOQ 3.19.30 #49103
• Upgrade to JUnit Jupiter 6.0.3 #49233
• Upgrade to Logback 1.5.29 #49169
• Upgrade to Logback 1.5.32 #49245
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.16.3 #49111
• Upgrade to Micrometer Tracing 1.6.3 #49112
• Upgrade to MongoDB 5.6.3 #49105
• Upgrade to MySQL 9.6.0 #49106
• Upgrade to Netty 4.2.10.Final #49107
• Upgrade to Postgresql 42.7.10 #49202
• Upgrade to Reactor Bom 2025.0.3 #49087
• Upgrade to Spring Data Bom 2025.1.3 #49088
• Upgrade to Spring Framework 7.0.5 #49216
• Upgrade to Spring Integration 7.0.3 #49217
• Upgrade to Spring Kafka 4.0.3 #49090
• Upgrade to Spring LDAP 4.0.2 #49091
• Upgrade to Spring Pulsar 2.0.3 #49092
• Upgrade to Spring Security 7.0.3 #49093
• Upgrade to Spring Session 4.0.2 #49094
• Upgrade to Tomcat 11.0.18 #49108

❤️ Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@GaetanoCerciello, @dsyer, @linkian209, @nosan, @quaff, @scordio, and @srt

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Pull request overview

This pull request upgrades external dependencies to align with Spring Boot 4.0.3 (from 4.0.2) and Spring Cloud 2025.1.0. The automated update is part of the regular dependency maintenance process and includes updates to transitive dependencies such as Spring Framework 7.0.5, Netty 4.2.10.Final, Micrometer 1.16.3, JUnit 6.0.3, and various other Spring ecosystem libraries.

Changes:

• Upgrade Spring Boot dependencies from 4.0.2 to 4.0.3 across all Spring modules
• Upgrade Spring Framework dependencies from 7.0.3 to 7.0.5
• Update transitive dependencies including Netty, Micrometer, JUnit, AssertJ, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Jersey, Jetty, Logback, and others to versions managed by Spring Boot 4.0.3

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File	Description
sdk/spring/CHANGELOG.md	Added changelog entry for the dependency upgrade (has formatting issue)
sdk/spring/spring-messaging-azure/pom.xml	Updated Spring Framework and Micrometer dependencies
sdk/spring/spring-messaging-azure-storage-queue/pom.xml	Updated JUnit and Spring Boot test dependencies
sdk/spring/spring-messaging-azure-servicebus/pom.xml	Updated Spring Framework, Micrometer, and JUnit dependencies
sdk/spring/spring-messaging-azure-eventhubs/pom.xml	Updated Spring Framework, Micrometer, JUnit, and Reactor dependencies
sdk/spring/spring-integration-azure-*/pom.xml	Updated Spring Integration, JUnit, AssertJ, and test dependencies
sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-*/pom.xml	Updated Spring Boot and Spring Cloud dependencies across all starters and autoconfiguration modules
sdk/spring/azure-spring-data-cosmos/pom.xml	Updated Spring Framework and Spring Data dependencies
eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt	Updated external dependency versions to match Spring Boot 4.0.3
sdk/spring/scripts/spring_boot_4.0.3_managed_external_dependencies.txt	Complete list of managed dependencies from Spring Boot 4.0.3